Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 12:10

10 And the young men that were grown up with him, spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my fathers loins.

Or rather is thicker, and therefore stronger, and more able to crush you, if you proceed in these Mutinous Demands, than his loyns, in which is the principal Seat of Strength. My father was young and weak, and had many Enemies when he first took the Kingdom; but I am the undoubted heir; and I find the Kingdom by his wise Care, far better setled and fortified against all Enemies Foreign or Domestick, than he did.